I just started climbing a a few weeks ago, came across these videos recently and they are a massive help!! You explain things really well and make it all easily understandable, been watching them religiously, keep up the great work man, Thanks for making these, and you're Vegan! that's an added bonus!! :D
I believe the mechanics that are hard to explain at 3:41 are: 1) knee extensors are generally stronger then flexors so its easier to push with both legs than push with the right one and pull with the left one and 2) you are getting your center of gravity more to the right so you get a little bit of flag as well
Thank you, I really found the side comparison of different techniques used on the same holds as well as the green and red diagrams that show the direction of weight!
amazing video! hurray for advanced climbing techniques! 😁😁 thanks for making this, I love the way you explain things in so much detail, it's really helpful for me to get a deeper understanding even though I already know the technique :) looking forward to more videos like this!
You have done a great job breaking this down and explaining it thoroughly. Thank you so much! The visual side by side comparisons are immensely helpful. And the arrow you added pointing out the direction of the drive of the drop knee really brought home my understanding of why it's a useful technique. I just couldn't visualize it before that. This is a really well done instructional video!
Knew about back step. Still this video gave more insight into it. Hasn't tried much back step in my 2 years of mostly indoor climbing. Surely going to try it in my climbs whenever possible. Great video, as usual.
Hey Mani awesome job once again! I have noticed that the order of the "Rock Climbing Technique for Intermediates" playlist is mixed (I believe this video was intended to be the first one). It can help to fix this for new subscribers that are getting to know your channel. Keep up the good work! P.S.: You are always welcome to come climb with us in the climbers heaven of Geyikbayırı, Turkey :)
Hey Mani! Thank your very much for the work you putting out here! I really like your didactical approach and cool explanations with examples, comparisons and drawings. Could you please integrate a tip on hand care in one of your videos, like how do you prevent bruises and what do you do if you have them? Greetings from Dresden! P.S. come to climb in Elbsandsteingebirge!
wow that will help me, i keep this in mind for my next training. thank you for all the effort you are putting in your videos, your channel is doing great and i enjoy to follow you!
Loved it. Great learning structure to the video! Well rounded explanation of the technique. Excited to experiment with it tomorrow at the gym. Thank you.
Yes, got something from it. You explain things very well. My instructor calls this technique, "Twist and Lock". He has me doing this on a traverse route in the climbing gym for building endurance and learning efficient technique. I like the way you explain it with the idea of dropping the knee. My instructor believes in developing the 3 essentials: straight arms, quiet feet, and twist and lock. You cover all 3 of these on your channel and you do a really good job of explaining them especially with the comparisons on ways not to do it. Thanks again for taking the time to make these videos. Oh, do you have a video on how to make the pull-up board that you take traveling?
Thanks a lot, your videos are really very helpful for understanding which techniques to use depending on the holds your body positioning! Keep up the good work :)
Your video is amazing. Holy God, please don't stop. This is way better than watching Sean McColl talk at a camera about his exercises. Question, is a layback and a back step/drop knee the same thing? I'm thinking the same body position, just rotated 90 degrees.
Great question, the layback is a slightly different thing, although knees are also pointing into the same lateral direction and hips are not parallel. I think this one is mainly used in crack climbing. While hands are holding some crack very sidepull like, with a common loading direction, feet are standing on a surface area, which is laterally oriented, in a common loading direction in opposition to your hands in order to generate friction. One could call it a special case of the Back Step, the main difference being that both extremity pairs are pointing into the same direction. I would say it's a different thing :)
Very helpful, thanks! I come from dancing world and drop knee feel so unnatural to my body. I am trying to find out which muscles are involved in that move, so I can work them and improve this useful step. Maybe this is an idea for a series of videos: dedicated workout to improve concrete movements in the vertical. Love your channel, congratulations.
Muito obrigada Mani!! Você é muito didático e assistindo seus vídeos fica muito fácil de entender! Realmente aprecio muito seu canal!! Keep doing! Thanks a lot!
Good video.... Even if I know this technique (one of my friend uses it all the time), I barely use it. It is also good to understand why it works. I should work on it. Thanks.
Hi! really enjoy all the tips you generously share! Very helpful! Just want to ask if you have some suggestions for someone (me) who just started climbing, how often do you think i shd go to the climbing gym? I have noticed my muscles usually get very sore a couple of days after i go climbing. I really enjoy this sport and would love to improve without hurting my tendons. Any advice? Thanks very much!
Very helpful! Backstepping is something I've been working on, without knowing what it's called... it's great for bringing the center of gravity closer to the wall and extending my reach, and it feels great when it clicks. But I'm still struggling, and I keep getting drawn to footholds that work better in a more frontal position, and then I can't figure out if I should twist left or right! The flagging video helped a lot. But I'd love a video in more depth about selecting good footholds and the relationship between the location of footholds and body position! Is this possible?
To make things easier for Americans. His terms are not always used here. "Body Strength" is actually "Body tension" using your back, arms and legs to create a rigid line. I use "Twist and Lock" when explaining to beginners because you 1- twist your hips into the wall and then 2, lock your body in a straight line to keep your butt from coming away from the wall and to keep pressure on your foothold.
Ah, I see, it's that little one. I thought it was supposed to be one of those bigger ones with like a thumbnail of the video or something. You are correct, the info card does show up.
Richtig super erklärt! Back Step hört sich auch besser an wie Hintertreten:D Wo siedelst du die technik an wo du eingedreht und über kreuz stehst, also ein Bein frei als pendel? Das ist die Position die ich einem Anfänger zuerst zeige. Ist am härtesten, aber er begreift dadurch das die Füsse auch Zug auf die Tritte ausüben, um den Schwerpunkt unter den Griff zu bekommen und durch Rotation ein Kraftsparendes weiterziehen möglich ist. Ich hab die letzten Jahre bei allen meinen Schülern beobachten können, das der Skill im Überhang unglaublich schnell steigt und sie auch schnell ein Gefühl für eine gute Körperposition an der Wand bekommen. Ich verbiete ihnen auch Klimmzüge und treibe sie zu Körperspannungsübungen an:D Sorry das ich hir auf Deutsch schreibe. Ich versteh deine Videos, all das oben auf Englisch zu schreiben geht leider nicht. Grosses Kompliment zu all deinen Videos hier! Wirklich sehr gut und ausführlich erklärt. TOP!!!! Und das sag ich hier nicht als Anfänger;) Grüsse aus der Schweiz! Tom
An awesome video as usually ! In relation with this video, i would like to know To what extend/conditions a "Yaniro" is useful ? I was wondering myself :D Have you ever achieved a route or a boulder problem thanks to this move ?
As far as I remember this technique is the same like a Figure of 4 right? To be honest I always wondered where this one could be useful, I never used it in any route :/ I think theoretically it should have a little bit of relevance if you are confronted with a situation of awesome handholds and literally NO footholds, as you can use your arm as some kind of foothold substitute then. But as Paulin already said, the modern (and probably also my) approach would be to simply brachiate through the problem. Simply less complicated and faster to execute.
As a new climber, my wife tells me I climb "weird" for doing things like this. It was just instinctual for me, but she does everything the hard way, then she's surprised she can't do V4 after a month. I should send her this link ;-)
thank you so much! I love your videos! and even tho I am not a vegan, I can still learn so much from you! unlike other commenters that give you shit for it.
As a mechanic engineer, I can’t thank you enough for incorporating vector arrows in the videos. Thanks Mani!
Hope you enjoyed this one, I tried to make it as informative as possible! Tell me what you think!
your videos are put together SO WELL
I just started climbing a a few weeks ago, came across these videos recently and they are a massive help!! You explain things really well and make it all easily understandable, been watching them religiously, keep up the great work man, Thanks for making these, and you're Vegan! that's an added bonus!! :D
This is actually crazy helpful for me, thank you!
Very good tips, thanks, Mani! I especially liked the 'when not to use' part.
I believe the mechanics that are hard to explain at 3:41 are: 1) knee extensors are generally stronger then flexors so its easier to push with both legs than push with the right one and pull with the left one and 2) you are getting your center of gravity more to the right so you get a little bit of flag as well
Your videos have been invaluable in helping me understand the essentials of climbing techniques -- thank you, Mani!
Was a pleasure to me Jonathan!
Thank you, I really found the side comparison of different techniques used on the same holds as well as the green and red diagrams that show the direction of weight!
In my last climbing session I used a drop knee and toe down two simple steps made climbing a route I can climb but steuggle to much less effort
amazing video! hurray for advanced climbing techniques! 😁😁 thanks for making this, I love the way you explain things in so much detail, it's really helpful for me to get a deeper understanding even though I already know the technique :) looking forward to more videos like this!
Thanks Kat, I'll try my best! :D
Mani, I like your explanation step by step. It really help beginners to understand why and when to use back step.
Super informative, my rock climbing teacher sent me this video and it makes the technique make so much more sense! Thank you!
You have done a great job breaking this down and explaining it thoroughly. Thank you so much! The visual side by side comparisons are immensely helpful. And the arrow you added pointing out the direction of the drive of the drop knee really brought home my understanding of why it's a useful technique. I just couldn't visualize it before that. This is a really well done instructional video!
Thanks for the awesome feedback, it's great to hear that the videos are appreciated!
Knew about back step. Still this video gave more insight into it. Hasn't tried much back step in my 2 years of mostly indoor climbing. Surely going to try it in my climbs whenever possible. Great video, as usual.
Thanks, I'm glad my vid could provide more insight!
Hey Mani awesome job once again!
I have noticed that the order of the "Rock Climbing Technique for Intermediates" playlist is mixed (I believe this video was intended to be the first one).
It can help to fix this for new subscribers that are getting to know your channel.
Keep up the good work!
P.S.: You are always welcome to come climb with us in the climbers heaven of Geyikbayırı, Turkey :)
"Ass muscles" haha
I love these visual comparisons that you include - they're so helpful! Thank you!
Haha you're welcome!
Thank you for explaining this so well! Going to give this a try next time
Hey Mani! Thank your very much for the work you putting out here! I really like your didactical approach and cool explanations with examples, comparisons and drawings. Could you please integrate a tip on hand care in one of your videos, like how do you prevent bruises and what do you do if you have them? Greetings from Dresden! P.S. come to climb in Elbsandsteingebirge!
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do my best!
wow that will help me, i keep this in mind for my next training. thank you for all the effort you are putting in your videos, your channel is doing great and i enjoy to follow you!
Great to hear that Hannes, thanks for the support!
Very useful video thx 🎉 happy new year
Hey Mani, thanks for all your great material and humor. Im finding it really valuable.
I rewatch these videos every few months :')
Loved it. Great learning structure to the video! Well rounded explanation of the technique. Excited to experiment with it tomorrow at the gym. Thank you.
Awesome video and useful explanations, love the examples in particular, thanks!
Awesome! I am pumped to try to drop knee more often!
Thanks for this video and your flagging video. You give excellent explanations of these techniques.
Thanks Mani! Awesome video as usual :) can't wait to practice this technique tomorrow
Yes, got something from it. You explain things very well. My instructor calls this technique, "Twist and Lock". He has me doing this on a traverse route in the climbing gym for building endurance and learning efficient technique. I like the way you explain it with the idea of dropping the knee. My instructor believes in developing the 3 essentials: straight arms, quiet feet, and twist and lock. You cover all 3 of these on your channel and you do a really good job of explaining them especially with the comparisons on ways not to do it. Thanks again for taking the time to make these videos. Oh, do you have a video on how to make the pull-up board that you take traveling?
Thanks for the feedback, here the video about my portable hangboard: ua-cam.com/video/wuxwD58WC3w/v-deo.html
My new past time great feeling
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Wow...a very very useful tutorial. Many thanks for your efforts dude, you're the best!
Hi from Venezuela. it´s a very informative video, thanxs, i´m a beginner climber and I used to be subjet number 1 in your examples. XD
Thanks a lot, your videos are really very helpful for understanding which techniques to use depending on the holds your body positioning! Keep up the good work :)
Your video is amazing. Holy God, please don't stop. This is way better than watching Sean McColl talk at a camera about his exercises.
Question, is a layback and a back step/drop knee the same thing? I'm thinking the same body position, just rotated 90 degrees.
Great question, the layback is a slightly different thing, although knees are also pointing into the same lateral direction and hips are not parallel. I think this one is mainly used in crack climbing. While hands are holding some crack very sidepull like, with a common loading direction, feet are standing on a surface area, which is laterally oriented, in a common loading direction in opposition to your hands in order to generate friction. One could call it a special case of the Back Step, the main difference being that both extremity pairs are pointing into the same direction. I would say it's a different thing :)
Great videos. Gotta binge watch your videos when I got home
Awesome, have fun with it! :D
Oh man, this is insanely helpful. You are a nice teacher
I think you made an awesome video!
Thank you!
First, thanks for the awesome video! I'm having a little trouble with the concept of holds pointing towards/ away from you. Any help?
Tried my first over hang tonight - wish I would've watched this first. But it was fun either way!
seriously great video: informative, demo and comparison, quality :) well earned sub here!
Great to hear that the content is appreciated! Thanks for your support!
Nice video again. thanks
Very helpful, thanks! I come from dancing world and drop knee feel so unnatural to my body. I am trying to find out which muscles are involved in that move, so I can work them and improve this useful step. Maybe this is an idea for a series of videos: dedicated workout to improve concrete movements in the vertical. Love your channel, congratulations.
I was looking for channel like yours! Great video :)
Thank you!
Great video and your explanation is flawless imho! Im use to call this move a drop-knee or knee-down. Thanks!
Thank you Olof!
You are so good to explain :-) Thanks!
Great content! Thank you! Super informative.
Muito obrigada Mani!! Você é muito didático e assistindo seus vídeos fica muito fácil de entender! Realmente aprecio muito seu canal!! Keep doing! Thanks a lot!
Pretty good explanation of the back step! :)
Great information; very helpful!
Great video mate!
Thanks man!
Thanks mani
Good video.... Even if I know this technique (one of my friend uses it all the time), I barely use it. It is also good to understand why it works. I should work on it. Thanks.
Glad you got something from the vid, you're welcome!
Tanks a lot for that informative video, awesome!
great tip! can't wait to try this!
Thank you, definitely add it to your repertoire, it helps a lot!
thx man. :) i‘ll start using your vids to learn a new technique every week ^_^
Great video, thank you!
Well articulated! Thank you!
Thanks man, could be better but I try my best :P
Great explanation!
That's helpful information. Thanks for making the videos:)
What an amazing tutorial ! Thanks man
You're welcome!
Hi! really enjoy all the tips you generously share! Very helpful! Just want to ask if you have some suggestions for someone (me) who just started climbing, how often do you think i shd go to the climbing gym? I have noticed my muscles usually get very sore a couple of days after i go climbing. I really enjoy this sport and would love to improve without hurting my tendons. Any advice? Thanks very much!
Very helpful! Backstepping is something I've been working on, without knowing what it's called... it's great for bringing the center of gravity closer to the wall and extending my reach, and it feels great when it clicks. But I'm still struggling, and I keep getting drawn to footholds that work better in a more frontal position, and then I can't figure out if I should twist left or right! The flagging video helped a lot. But I'd love a video in more depth about selecting good footholds and the relationship between the location of footholds and body position! Is this possible?
thank you so much, it helps me a lot!
Thanks Mani !
love your videos. they helped me a lot! vielen dank!!
Not sure about the modifier vegan, but this was a fantastically well designed video
very good
The way you show the number two with your fingers is so german (1:20). My girlfriend does it the whole time :D
Thumbs up as always^^!
I'll practice this technique today
Great video please make more!
Thanks, I will!
Great video, man!
To make things easier for Americans. His terms are not always used here. "Body Strength" is actually "Body tension" using your back, arms and legs to create a rigid line. I use "Twist and Lock" when explaining to beginners because you 1- twist your hips into the wall and then 2, lock your body in a straight line to keep your butt from coming away from the wall and to keep pressure on your foothold.
great xork on your videos man. keep it up!
Great video man!!!
Thank you Robin! :D
By the way... what part of the show do you use when you backstep? Are you still using the toe, or do you ever use the edges?
thanks for making this video!
No problem, thanks for watching it!
Back and ass muscles? (did it hear that correctly)
3:01
No, he said back and Esss muscles
Afraid so
At 3:01, I think you intended to insert an annotation/link to another video on the top right corner, but you maybe forgot.
Great videos, though :)
Thanks, when I play it, it works though. It's an infocard that should pop up.
Ah, I see, it's that little one. I thought it was supposed to be one of those bigger ones with like a thumbnail of the video or something. You are correct, the info card does show up.
GREAT VIDS MAN, KEEP EM COMING ;)
Danke dir!
Das war sehr hilfreich! :)
Thank you
Thx!
It was a pleasure to me :)
I am a dainty 104 kg. This video is genius. Thank you
Richtig super erklärt! Back Step hört sich auch besser an wie Hintertreten:D Wo siedelst du die technik an wo du eingedreht und über kreuz stehst, also ein Bein frei als pendel? Das ist die Position die ich einem Anfänger zuerst zeige. Ist am härtesten, aber er begreift dadurch das die Füsse auch Zug auf die Tritte ausüben, um den Schwerpunkt unter den Griff zu bekommen und durch Rotation ein Kraftsparendes weiterziehen möglich ist. Ich hab die letzten Jahre bei allen meinen Schülern beobachten können, das der Skill im Überhang unglaublich schnell steigt und sie auch schnell ein Gefühl für eine gute Körperposition an der Wand bekommen. Ich verbiete ihnen auch Klimmzüge und treibe sie zu Körperspannungsübungen an:D
Sorry das ich hir auf Deutsch schreibe. Ich versteh deine Videos, all das oben auf Englisch zu schreiben geht leider nicht.
Grosses Kompliment zu all deinen Videos hier! Wirklich sehr gut und ausführlich erklärt. TOP!!!! Und das sag ich hier nicht als Anfänger;)
Grüsse aus der Schweiz!
Tom
Your best video. Thanks :)
Nice video as always :)
Thanks!
An awesome video as usually !
In relation with this video, i would like to know To what extend/conditions a "Yaniro" is useful ? I was wondering myself :D
Have you ever achieved a route or a boulder problem thanks to this move ?
This technique has gradually disappeared, it's very rare to use it in a efficient way.. Now you just no-foot !
As far as I remember this technique is the same like a Figure of 4 right? To be honest I always wondered where this one could be useful, I never used it in any route :/ I think theoretically it should have a little bit of relevance if you are confronted with a situation of awesome handholds and literally NO footholds, as you can use your arm as some kind of foothold substitute then. But as Paulin already said, the modern (and probably also my) approach would be to simply brachiate through the problem. Simply less complicated and faster to execute.
Thanks guys ;)
As a new climber, my wife tells me I climb "weird" for doing things like this. It was just instinctual for me, but she does everything the hard way, then she's surprised she can't do V4 after a month. I should send her this link ;-)
Hehe, sounds like she should incorporate it into her climbing as well, feel free to use my vid as a gentle reminder :P
Can you show us techniques while lead climbing?
I like the rotated knee to torque
Ich antworte mal auf deutsch ;D
Ich find deine Videos mega. Mach weiter so :)
sehr gutes Video :)
Danke sehr! :D
What kind of tree is that in the background?
It's a self grown Avocado :)
wait, did he say "ass muscles?"
XD maybe should have said something like "glutes" haha
haha just checking.. great video!
Informative as always! Keep it up!
If I may ask, how long have you been climbing already?
Thanks! Over 8 years now.
thank you so much! I love your videos! and even tho I am not a vegan, I can still learn so much from you! unlike other commenters that give you shit for it.
Thanks man! Glad to hear from an open mind ;)
Should i do the Back step with dynos?
I learned this naturally quite soon in the beginning. It was caused by my bad hips flexibility...
Good video. Now can you come to my climbing gym and train me haha